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BiographyJames Randolph Vigne
… Congress (PAC) and its leader Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe particularly around the organization’s Positive …
BiographyBishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… (TUATA) and served on its executive committee. In 1959 Robert Sobukwe spoke at a public meeting where he was invited by the … broke away from the African…
BiographyNgoako David Thebehali
… the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) when it was formed in 1959, but played a role in the organisation. He attended the … was held at the Orlando Community…
Address on Behalf of the Graduating Class at Fort Hare College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949
… College, delivered at the “Completers’ Social,” by M. R. Sobukwe, October 21, 1949 …
Potlako Leballo
… with him into the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1959. Deferring with his followers to the more intellectual and prestigious Robert Sobukwe at the time…
BiographyAnthony Richard Stubbs
… Ramphele and, from a previous generation, Robert Sobukwe . In Pretoria in 1975, a protracted trial of nine BC …
A Pretoria court rules that the former leader of the banned PAC, Robert Sobukwe, will not be allowed to use his exit permit (gr
… rules that the former leader of the banned PAC, Robert Sobukwe, will not be allowed to use his exit permit (gr …
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
… the young girl. In the 1960s she was influenced by Robert Sobukwe , who had married her sister, Veronica. He made her …
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
… Kilnerton in 1962. Inspired by Josiah Madzunya and Robert Sobukwe ’s propagation of Pan Africansit ideas, he joined … the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) at…
BiographySimon Gqubule
… by the likes of Nelson Mandela , Govan Mbeki and Robert Sobukwe , who he was friends with at the school and who …
BiographyAhmed Gora Ebrahim
… African renaissance was the language of PAC founder Robert Sobukwe . He believed it paved the way for a merger between …
BiographyWinnie Madikizela-Mandela
… the trauma of incarceration, on February 4 1959 Winnie gave birth to a daughter she named Zenani. On … interrogation team brought a prisoner into the…
BiographyDr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
… located 25 kilometers from Durban. She matriculated in 1959, at the age of 19. Tshabalala-Msimang went on to receive … unclear and misleading. For instance,…
BiographyImam Abdullah Haron
… on to publish a monthly bulletin, the ‘Islamic Mirror’, in 1959. And during that same year the Imam, Mr Abdul Kays, Mr … Prof. Hoffenberg (former UCT Music…
BiographyShanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo
… first South African to be placed in this situation. Robert Sobukwe , the leader of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), …
BiographyNelson Rolihlahla Mandela
… This is evidenced by the following quote from an interview with Richard Stengel from the 1990s: The Chief … treason and discharged them. Turn to the Armed…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
… University. Here he met Professor Z K Mathews , Robert Sobukwe , the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League … received an honorary degree. At the…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… Tambo , AC Jordan , Seretse Khama , Julius Nyerere, Robert Sobukwe , Robert Mugabe , Kenneth Kuanda, Desmond Tutu , … forming under the guidance of struggle…
BiographyHendrik Frensch Verwoerd
… of increasingly harsh laws. On March 21, 1960, Mangaliso Sobukwe , president of the Pan-African Congress (PAC) , … became 'independent'. Bantu Investment…
BiographyBessie Amelia Head
… retained a lifelong admiration for party leader Robert Sobukwe . Around this time she began to present signs of …
David Pratt
… inquiry into the Sharpeville massacre, the trial of Robert Sobukwe , the police sealing off townships on the Rand, and …
ArticleAnti-Pass Campaign
… In the latter part of 1959, PAC membership was still below expectations, and it … had been taking too soft a position on action, Sobukwe called for the…
ArticleWomen’s Revolts in Natal: 1959
… A woman describes this struggle in a Drum article in 1959. She says, ‘ We do not get enough food. Our husbands pay … in taxes. The employers do not pay them…
ArticleSharpeville Massacre, 21 March 1960
… National Congress (ANC) held in Durban on 16 December 1959, the President General of the ANC, Chief Albert Luthuli … The decision lies with the P.A.C…
Origins: Formation, Sharpeville and banning, 1959-1960
… confrontation, they decided to break away, and on 6 April 1959 the PAC was formed. They elected Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe as their first president and Potlako…
BiographyDr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
… Suppression of Communism Act publicly known in a June 1950 interview published in The Guardian . In the interview, … to form the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC…
ArticleThe Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
… 1959-1960: Formation, Sharpeville and Banning For many years … confrontation, they decided to break away, and in March 1959 the Pan Africanist Congress …
Biography of Hugh Masekela by Fardin Rahman
… Africa’s first bebop band called Jazz Epistles. Through 1959, the band enjoyed their fair share of success by … group were having difficulty making money…
Biography of Miriam Makeba by Narcy Negrete
… the Manhattan Brothers as a backup vocalist in 1954. In 1959 she left the group to join an all-female group called … her appearance in Come Back Africa,…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… he began attending the organisation’s meetings too. In 1959, he joined the ANC and the African National Congress … at the first ANC conference held in South…